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Topical corticosteroids knowledge, attitudes, and practices of primary care physicians

Sarah F. Alsukait, Najd A. Alshamlan, Zeina Z. Alhalees, Sami N. Alsuwaidan and Abdulmajeed M. Alajlan
Saudi Medical Journal June 2017, 38 (6) 662-665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17586
Sarah F. Alsukait
From the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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Najd A. Alshamlan
From the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Zeina Z. Alhalees
From the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Sami N. Alsuwaidan
From the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmajeed M. Alajlan
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vol. 38 no. 6 662-665
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.6.17586
PubMed 
28578448

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 7, 2016
  • Accepted February 22, 2017
  • Published online June 1, 2017.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Sarah F. Alsukait, MBBS,
  2. Najd A. Alshamlan, MBBS,
  3. Zeina Z. Alhalees, MBBS,
  4. Sami N. Alsuwaidan, MD and
  5. Abdulmajeed M. Alajlan, MD⇑
  1. From the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Abdulmajeed Alajlan, Associate Professor, Consultant Dermatologist, Dermatology Department, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail address: researchderm{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-010X
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